Access Devices

Navigate to Dashboard > Infrastructure and click the Access Devices icon. The Access Points page lists all the access points connected to managed devices in the network and provides its status and access point group related information.

The following figure displays the Access Points page.

Figure 1  Access Points Page

Action Bar

The Action bar displays the total number of APs depending on the filters applied. The Action bar includes action buttons namely, Show/Hide table filters, and Customize columns.You can search, sort, and filter for Controllers, group names, device names, and WANs with special characters.

You can perform the following tasks on this page:

• Show/Hide table filters—Click Show/Hide table filters icon to filter and list the access points in the table that you want to view.
• Customize columns—Click Customize columns icon to select the table columns that you want to view.
• Sort—Click a column header of the Access Points table to sort the complete list based on the entries on the active column. You can also use the sort icon that appears when you click on a column for sorting.
• View client details—Click on the number of clients associated with the AP to view the details of the clients on the Clients page.
• View AP or radio summary—Expand the access point from the Access Points table to view the summary of the individual APs. See Details for more information.
• Capture and download packets—Click Packet Capture icon of an access point from the Action column to start, pause, or stop capturing and downloading the AP packets.
• Delete—Select the check box for APs with Down status, and click the trash icon to remove the APs from the table. The APs with Down status are either unused or replaced when deployed.

  You can delete the APs with Down status only on Mobility Conductor or standalone controllers, and not on managed devices.

Details

Expand an access point from the Access Points table to view the detailed information of individual AP.

The Access Points table displays the following details:

• Details—Displays detailed information about the selected access point. Also, for an AP that is down, it displays the timestamp and the reason due to which the AP is down.
• Radio 2.4 GHz Channel—Displays the about channel utilization, noise floor, transmitted or received frames, and WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..
• Radio 5 GHz Channel —Displays the detailed information about channel utilization, noise floor, transmitted or received frames, and WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. in the 5 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..

  Depending on the type of AP selected, you can view the following information using the Show information about drop-down list:

  • Channel Utilization—Displays the percentage of the current channel utilization in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. and/or 5 GHz Gigahertz. bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. The channel utilization information is categorized as: Tx time, Rx time, Interference, and Free.

    Click Historical icon in the top right corner of the window to display the percentage of the current channel utilization in the last 15 minutes.

  • Noise Floor—Displays the information about noise floor (dBm Decibel-Milliwatts. dBm is a logarithmic measurement (integer) that is typically used in place of mW to represent receive-power level. AMP normalizes all signals to dBm, so that it is easy to evaluate performance between various vendors.) in the last 15 minutes.
  • Transferred Frames—Displays the information about transmitted or received frames in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. and/or 5 GHz Gigahertz. bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. The transmitted or received frame information is categorized as: Successful, Retried, and Dropped.

    Click Historical icon in the top right corner of the window to display the transmitted or received frames in the last 15 minutes.

  • WLANs—Displays the throughput data (bps) in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. and/or 5 GHz Gigahertz. bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the horizontal bar to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the wireless clients connected to this WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection..
• Radio 6 GHz Channel—Displays the detailed information about channel utilization, noise floor, transmitted or received frames, and WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. in the 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..

  You can view the following information using the Show information about drop-down list:

  • Channel Utilization —Displays the percentage of the current channel utilization in the 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. The channel utilization information is categorized as: Tx time, Rx time, Interference, and Free.

    Click Historical icon in the top right corner of the window to display the channel utilization percentage in the last 15 minutes.

  • Noise Floor—Displays the information about noise floor (dBm Decibel-Milliwatts. dBm is a logarithmic measurement (integer) that is typically used in place of mW to represent receive-power level. AMP normalizes all signals to dBm, so that it is easy to evaluate performance between various vendors.) in the last 15 minutes.
  • Transferred Frames — Displays the information about transmitted or received frames in the 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. The transmitted and received frame information is categorized as: Successful, Retried, and Dropped.

    Click Historical icon in the top right corner of the window to display transmitted or received frames in the last 15 minutes.

  • WLANs—Displays the throughput data (bps) in the 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the horizontal bar to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the wireless clients connected to this WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection..

The following figure displays the Details page.

Figure 2  Details Page-6 GHz band